FAMOUS STORIES

The utes told a story about a mountian that looked like a man who is laying down. The story says that this giant man watched over the land and one day when there was trouble he was hurt bad and layed down to regain his energy but soon after he died. The blood from his wounds allowed grass and trees to grow. The animals loved to eat the grass and soon moved to this mountain to live.
Sleeping Mountian
Sleeping Mountian




Another famous story by the ute indians is the creation of life. They clam that they have the land they have so they can live peacfully. And the animals where put on their land so they can eat and have warth from their skin. The sky is blue because the gods are happy and relaxed. Grass comes from died animals who have moved on to the other life. You can also hear this story in the movie The Lion King.

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